What happened to Margaret Thatcher’s dream of a share-owning public?
The 1980s in Britain was the decade of big privatisations. The Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, wanted to create a class of share-owning members of the public – her 1985 Conservative party conference speech imagined a society “where owning shares is as common as...
Has politics become an inevitable part of sport?
When Emmanuel Macron announced the snap election back in June, IOC President Thomas Bach and Paris 2024 organisers said that political upheaval in France won’t affect the Olympics. This seems unlikely; even before the French election was announced, world...
AMSR Summer Event 10th June 2024
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE VIDEO OF THE EVENT SESSIONS L-r: Jim Whaley, David Tross, James Endersby, Kelly Beaver, Richard Asquith Photos: Jane Bain Event write-up by Paul Edwards The 9th June was International Archives Day (who knew there was such a thing?). But...